Getting column types with DBI

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Hello,

does DBI support getting the column types for row? I digged the source
and found that DBD::Mysql does something on it but I don’t know, how get
actually use it.

Thanks,
-billy.

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take a look at this attachment. it’s my general library for accessing a
database.

you’ll notice that in the DBConnection class there is a method called
load_meta. in it you’ll see @connection.columns() this pulls down the
meta-info including types into a hash.

hope that helps.

~transami

database.rb (6.99 KB)

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On Tue, 2002-08-06 at 09:12, Philipp Meier wrote:

Hello,

does DBI support getting the column types for row? I digged the source
and found that DBD::Mysql does something on it but I don’t know, how get
actually use it.

Thanks,
-billy.